Most are subnational regions with an ethno-national identity of its own that have "broken off" (i.e. separated themselves) from their original parent state, and hence they are commonly referred to as "break-away" states. Some of these entities are in effect internally self-governingprotectorates that enjoy military protection and informal diplomatic representation abroad through another state to prevent its forced reincorporation into its original state.

Note that the word "control" in this list refers to control over the area occupied, not occupation of the area claimed. Virtually no unrecognized country controls all the area it claims. Unrecognized countries can be separated into those which have full control over their occupied territory (such as, for instance, Republic of China) and those with only partial control (such as Tamil Eelam). The main difference is that in the former, the de jure governments of the areas in question have no (or nearly no) influence in the areas under question, whereas in the latter they can have varying degrees of control, and may provide essential services to people living in the areas.

Partially unrecognized states

The following states are all recognised by the majority of the world's sovereign states. Barring the Holy See, they are all members of the United Nations. They all conduct relations with the majority of the world's nations. However, some of them are not recognized by certain countries. These partially unrecognized states are:

Asia

Image:KNOFLAG.PNGKachin State / Kachinland is the northernmost state of Myanmar, controlled since 1962 by the Kachin Independence Organization but not diplomatically recognized by any country. In 1994, KIO and the Union of Myanmar agreed to formalize the status quo by creating the "Kachin State Special Region #1", officially still a part of the Union of Myanmar but de facto controlled by KIO.

Image:Flag of Tibet.svgTibet (1913-51). A unified Tibetan empire was created in the 8th century, and fell apart a century later. Mongol conquests in the 13th century made Tibet part of the Mongol Empire (but separately from China proper) while four centuries later the Manchu-ruled Qing Dynasty incorporated Tibet as a Chinese dependency. [1] In 1913 the 13th Dalai Lama unilaterally declared independence [2] but two years later indicated his willingness to sign a treaty granting Chinese suzerainty over "Inner Tibet" with "Outer Tibet" an independent state. [3] Chinese sovereignty was confirmed by both Beijing and the Tibetans in 1951, but repudiated by the Dalai Lama in 1959. <ref> Goldstein, Melvyn C., A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951, University of California Press, 1989, pp. 812-813 </ref>

Image : Lado Kingdom - founded in 864 a.d still struggling for its freedom independence as occupied territory . Issue of independence was raised for the first time in United Nations Organisation ( UN )in 1947 but decidedly Britain stood against the independence using its Veto power . The territory Kingdom remains still occupied and stretched out in its devided parts into Republic of Uganda , The Republic of Sudan and The Democratic Republic of Congo , so done by Britain , thus removing it from the World Maps ( 1910 - 1914 ) .